this is about how god led me to the kirby couch next to stephen brian, having a baby and going through divorce, and how god shows me beauty, reading to me and was with me the entire time. i hope you read it. thanks guys, we will see you tomorrow. >> sandra: police in california searching for a man that they say shot a deputy in the head and was being described as an ambush on the police station. the suspect james lira also accused of shooting and killing a civilian in the area. the attacks barking at a a massive manhunt about 200 miles northeast of stomach los angeles. clear's plan was to draw officers out of the station and then gunned them down. >> we had an unprovoked attack on local law enforcement, in my opinion the act of a coward. >> sandra: the deputy who was shot remains hospitalized and in serious condition at this time. if we will have more on this developing story as we get it.

meanwhile, president trump set to leave the white house and head to dallas a short time from now where he will be addressing police reform one day after lawmakers held the first hearing on capitol hill to discuss the issue in the wake of george floyd's death. a good morning everyone, i'm sandra smith. >> ed: good to see you, i'm ed henry. the president of this expected to meet with african-american faith leaders and he could at the address except on the executive actions to address police reform. >> sandra>> sandra: meanwhile, g with state leaders. at the president and a tweet calling for law and order in seattle where protesters took over a shuttered police precinct. >> ed: kayleigh mcenany joins us live in just a moment. >> it will be a big day, not just here in the white house but in dallas as well. at the gateway church in dallas,

texas, which is significant because it has the largest congregation in the dallas-fort worth area. they will be listening and discussion session, there won't be any policy announced today although i am told of, executive action and legislation from the senate will be coming soon. >> the president has spent the last ten days quietly and diligently working on proposals to address the issues that the protesters rates across the country. legitimate issues. in that body of work as i'm told reaching its final edits and we hope to produce it for you in the coming days. >> the executive action probably in the form of an executive order will be taken in the form of justice. on the legislation there is some crossover with white house republicans are discussing like banning choke holds an independent investigations of police complaints but president trump propose a certain aspects of the

democratic bill saying they go too far. >> one thing that ag barr said that was in the democrat hill they talked about needing to reduce immunity to go after bad cops but that would result in police pulling back and that's one thing that is a nonstarter. >> is called qualified immunity, is that a redline for the president? >> the president also taking aim at mirror denny jorgen of seattle after protesters were allowed to set up an autonomous zone as they call it in the capitol hill neighborhood. the president tweeting radical governor jay inslee, and take back your sitting now, if you don't do it, i will. this is not a game, these ugly and marcus must be stopped immediately. near dark and firing back tweeting "make us all safe, go back to your bunker" hashtag

black lives matter. he should stay out of washington state's business and stop. don't like tweeting. >> it's unclear how much the governor knows about what's going on in the capitol hill area, and i expect we will see an escalation of this this morning, eddie. because there is some rain expected there may be a weather call. they may be heading out to the helicopter and we may not get any questions. >> we can always count on that at the white house. john roberts, thank you. >> sandra: for more on all this let's bring in white house press secretary kayleigh mcenany. good morning to you. obviously you are joining us out of the president's trip this morning. with sending to you in the briefing room talking about the

final edits, tell us what days and then what is out? >> i don't want to get ahead of the president, and now we are talking about the point of approaching the way forward. that's policy prescriptions, and they will take that into account and address what we saw in that horrendous, horrendous video of the death of george floyd. >> ed: joe biden was on the daily show, take a look at this.

>> when we were funding, and it's complicated and i think we should turn over as much as we can to nonarmed police officers to de-escalate things related to mental illness, homelessness and drug abuse. up to be one of this idea from the likely democratic presidential nominee that we should have more nonarmed police officers. >> i haven't spoken to that president in particular but, the real motive's of democrats here is undergirded in the fund of the police movement. some are endorsing later versions of that or they are trying to claim making money contingent to police units and to the department. it's kind of like the light version of this on the police but make no mistake, the fund of the police means that the fund

of the police. it doesn't matter who you are talking about. and that's what we heard from alexandria ocasio-cortez all the way to the governor out of michigan. he said in fact, this is a movement that she likes of spirit avenue. so the democrats are signaling that this is where they would like to go and defunding our police officers is an untenable proposition, one that would cause mass havoc when they announced removing $150 million from l.a.p.d. and we saw 50% spike in homicide. >> sandra: i want to ask you about that in just a second, but this is at the top of some congressional democrats list. you said this is a nonstarter in the briefing room. do you think you can get anywhere without touching that? >> we are very hopeful there are models of reaching across the alley l and it democrats coming on board.

that was a first step back channel really both parties coming together, but the nation first and under the leadership president trump we were able to rectify grave racial disparities in the way we do sentencing in this country. that's the model and that's what this president was able to do to build that brooch. i think that is the model going forward and we hope to achieve that and we hope they will be reasonable. >> sandra: so onto the situation in seattle comes as a president plan to use military action on the streets of seattle? the president putting out a tweet calling them a domestic terrorist, they've taken over the city run by the radical left democrats come calling. what are his intentions? >> the president's message is he will secure the streets in this country, his first preference is always local leaders big and small.

and when they didn't do their job the president said i will secure our streets. he searched the national guard, he made d.c. a safe, search the national guard and made the military as a absolute last resort. the men and women who have lost their lives in these riots from officer during an officer under what is unacceptable. we can't have that in of this country. we can't stop them from wreaking havoc and injuring 750 law enforcement officers and it destroyed 150 federal buildings. >> ed: last night in richmond as well there's a statue of jefferson davis take you down as you probably know by protesters. former retired general david pretorius has written this in the atlantic about what he wants to see. take confederate names off of

our army bases, it's time to remove the names he writes of traders, like bening and bragg, and as you know the president tweeted yesterday, my administration will not even consider the renaming of these magnificent and fabled military installations. what's the thought process right now when there's a lot of debate and change going on in america right now, where the president says we won't even consider something, we won't even have that conversation? >> i was with him when we went through this yesterday and he takes it personally offensive. the men who deployed to world war i, world war ii, korea, all across the world, vietnam, the last bit of the united states. to somehow employ that these forts were racist installations, and many of whom lost their lives overseas, the president

will not stand for that. these names are associated with the heroes within them, not the name on the fort. >> sandra: i want to move on to the recent gallup poll that's getting headlines and attention. this is the new gallup poll showing trump's approval rating at 39%. those that disapprove at 57%, also joe biden with head-to-head matchups, and what is the president saying now. that is by no means an accurate portrayal. it's not registered voters or likely voters which is the gold standard, it only pulls 25% republican which is a very low number of republican to poll. it also was taken before the absolute amazing economic numbers that came out and that's when the survey was done before that.

the economic numbers, they thought they would lose 7.5 million jobs, and before that, and notably, even gallup said the president is doing better among republicans this time the president obama was done among democrats. >> he says he fears the president is going to try to steal this election and that it may come down to the military having to come in and remove the president from the white house. >> i think that's a ridiculous proposition. and leave it to democrats to do that. >> ed: be sure to catch harris faulkner's interview. you can see a preview coming up

on outnumbered. you catch tonight when it airs at 6:00 p.m. eastern time on special report. >> sandra: we will look forward to that. it's something that he said about president trump on the daily show last night that is raising some eyebrows this morning. plus new developments in like a flint case. what a former judge is now saying about the justice department notion to drop charges against the former national security advisor. ohio congressman jim jordan, ranking member of the judiciary committee, he will join us live to discuss that case later this hour. stay tuned. >> judges have a role in our system and it's not to prosecute cases. their job is to be impartial

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>> ed: one of the former police officers arrested in george floyd's death is out on bail. a suspect derek chauvin was taped thing floyd to the pavement with his knee. he's planning to file a motion to dismiss those charges against him. >> sandra: presumptive democratic nominee joe biden

heading to philadelphia today were raised to hold a roundtable with community members about safely reopening the state and getting americans back to work. peter doocy is live with more on all of that. good morning, peter. >> good morning. polling shows that voters are most concerned with things like health care end and the economy but joe biden now says he's concerned with something else and that is donald trump refusing to accept the results of the election. >> that's my single greatest concern. this president is going to try to steal this election. this is a guy -- a voting by mail. he sits behind a desk in the oval office and writes his meal and ballot to vote in the primary. >> that mind is a throwback to something hillary clinton ran with last cycle and trump would not commit to the results of the election and she called him

preemptively a sore loser. within three weeks of the comment, trumped one, and now in this pretaped interview which appears to have been edited, biden is taking that theory a step further he thinks about white house military advisors when he thinks about what happened if trump did not accept the results. >> we have four chiefs of staff coming out and ripping the skin off of trump. you have so many rank and file military personnel saying, well, we are not a military state, this is not who we are. i promise you, we are convinced we will escort him from the white house. with the exception of a trip to

houston to meet with george floyd's family privately, they have all been closed to the public. >> just this week the editors of two different newspapers and one magazine have been ousted from their posts while they are called out from staff and readers for the decisions viewed as being at odds with the protest. they are settling disagreements with coercion and have me to come back in the united states. joining us now, dan heninger, and the fox news contributor. good morning. it all kind of started with a "new york times" op-ed editor having to resign for running an op-ed which is his job that a lot of people disagreed with. >> yeah, it did.

that was the editor of the entire editorial page who is forced to resign because of the tom cotton piece that said send in the troops. then the editor of the "philadelphia inquirer" had to resign as well and he ran an op-ed called building as a matter to. the idea you could get fired for something called the "buildings matter, too" sounds like something a political satire like georgia orwell's animal farm in 1984. not working in the newsroom of the newspaper which, for 250 years, has been protected by the first amendment. that that wasn't all bad as you say, people should be allowed to

have your opinions, but the headline suggesting buildings matter, yes they do. after all the looting. we are having a conversation about black lives matter and there was clearly people offended by the idea that buildings were being equated with lives. >> yes, but the editor, let's repeat, got fired. when you say something with which someone disagrees, they are driving you out of your job. two other editors, the editor of bon appetit of all places and refinery 29, the women's website, all have a resigned overall this. they knew there had been political bloodbath's and we are surprised that people would be

allowed to settle them in the elections. they literally say, they are setting up a coercive system. people knew they had to shut up. >> ed: of the issue is the willingness of many with the system of forced course opinion which forces its opinions. free speech is not dead in the united states but it looks like more than ever it requires active defense. is the first amendment on the line in america right now? >> i think the first amendment is under a lot of pressure in the united states as we get

people being pressured to conform their thinking. i think the mechanism of doing that is not that we have a communist party in the united states but we do have social media. the reinforcement mechanisms of social media, the shaming powers of platforms like facebook and twitter which we saw used years ago against adolescent girls. they would be humiliated and ostracized from their group. now that same dynamic is being used in a larger way with twitter and facebook basically being used as sensors to track down people who dissent from the party's of view. if you just fall out of line once, you are liable to lose your job and that's not a system we have been familiar within the united states for centuries. >> ed: no doubt about it.

dan, thank you. >> sandra: the u.s. now surpassing 2 million cases of coronavirus. we will tell you which states are seeing the biggest spike in infections and will have that for you next. plus unemployment at 13.3%. if i could a quick recovery be on the horizon? and what will that mean for the 2020 election? >> this is the biggest economic shock in the u.s. and in the world, really, in living memory. doing a fair job at getting to the first few months, more than a fair job. the question is, that group of people who will be up to go back to work quickly, what about them? i have huge money saving news for veterans.

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>> ed: fox news alert, the weekly deaths from coronavirus now down for six weeks in a row although not all the numbers are good, they are no 2 million confirmed cases in the country as infection spike in several large states. good morning jeff. >> despite those troubling

numbers, many states continue to move forward with their reopening plans. places like gems and campgrounds are set to reopen beginning tomorrow. gavin newsom said they expected this. those numbers, those positive case numbers to go up. they are reopening in a responsible way, better prepared mentioning they have hundreds of millions compared to what they had a few days ago. they have a testing positive for the rate of 12% an additional 1500 plus cases. and that's 100,000 more deaths linked to the virus, the world right now is going through the

deepest recession since the 1930 great depression adding the global economy could shrink by 6%. at this point by no means is this over. >> each and every country has a different combination of risks and opportunities at this point. now one other interesting thing to note is that amc theater plan to reopen its 1,000 theaters, we expect to see you in the newsroom. thanks for joining us. >> sandra: fox news alert, stocks are sliding, the opening bell rang just two and a half minutes ago with new concerns

over the recovery as a way get branding weekly jobless numbers showing more than on one one ana halfling americans file for unemployment benefits last week alone. what the on employment right now currently just about 13%, and that the fed now predicting that figure will remain above 9% through the end of the year. here to talk about all that is jason furman, the economic advisor's counsel. >> the last time we had you on was because you were grabbing a lot of headlines and a lot of attention as a former obama economist for saying that we are seeing a general election scenario that democrats are dreading. it was said that you are warning democrats that we would see an economy snap back so fast that it's going to hurt democrats in the november election. he made a prediction that turned out to be very accurate. you said we are going to see very good numbers on the economy and then we got that job's last

friday. >> i mean i wasn't making political predictions, other people were interpreting it in that way that i think there are two phases in the recovery. when we bring back laid-off workers and then you see millions and millions of jobs. then as chairman powell said, you had it on your clip, there are millions of people who won't go back to their jobs. this past week 1.5 million people filed for an unemployment insurance and that's twice as high as i as last month we ever saw before the pandemic. an awful terrible recessions we only reached half of what we had this week. there is a lot of pain and a lot of people losing their jobs. >> sandra: you are saying you think the economy had really bad

in april but it's still really, really bad in maine. you said we actually added to a half million jobs through the month of may and as they noted, we will be months away from november. so as an economist to continue to tie the implications of a snapback recovery to what that might mean? >> the recovery also depends on what the policy does. part of what happened in may as the economy partially reopened, but there's also an extra ordinary amount of economic assistance coming from that third stemless bill, coming from the federal reserve. a lot of that ends at the end of july so how we are going to end up doing going into november is going to depend. we think the economy did that all on its own, we are not going to do very well and it still needs a lot of help. that's what fed chair powell was out there saying yesterday, now

it's really congresses turn to do that. >> sandra: i heard you mention a couple of times, let's play some of jay powell and what he's predicting for the next couple of quarters. >> i think what you see is a very weak second quarter and expansion that builds momentum over time but ultimately you do see forward recovery. >> sandra: so there is a prediction for a full recovery, something that won't happen until we have an actual vaccine. you see the markets down as we get some word arizona is emerging as a hot spot. what are your concerns there? >> no question, the most important economic policy is not anything the fed can do or anything congress can do even but how we handle the virus. if the virus is growing out of control it doesn't matter what

governors say about whether they lock down or don't lock down, a lot of people are going to hunker down in that situation. so wearing masks, continuing to develop a vaccine, our economy will not be successful if we don't take those sorts of steps. >> sandra: because i told our viewers would be asking about this, the president made comments on black employment in this country and unfortunately minority women have been disproportionately affected as you know during the coronavirus shutdown. during the shutdown, you heard the president touting he's been the best for unemployment in this country. i think it was about 2% but now in this latest report, it did show that we kicked tired, this

above white unemployment. do you see that coming back and do you see ways that we can improve that for folks coming back to work? >> generally when you look at the unemployment rates, they are disproportionately the brunt of recession. the opposite is also true. that also disproportionately helps african-americans and that is why overall strength in the economy is, it requires tackling the virus, more legislation for congress and that's why the sector. >> sandra: i will finish with this, is it still a snapback v-shaped recovery that you are predicting? >> it will be snapback halfway

easily and the other half is going to be hard and painful. >> sandra: all right, we will follow-up with you. thanks for coming on, jason. >> ed: in the meantime a former judge waiting in the michael flynn case purging the court not to drop th drop the charges. why he says the justice department is out of line. plus police reform takes center stage. it can democrats and republicans find common ground? congressman jim jordan was in the center of it but he joins us live next. >> healing and not hatred, justice and not chaos. look, this isn't my first rodeo...

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security advisor. the former judge john gleason filing "facts surrounding the filing of the government's motion constitute clear evidence of gross prosecutorial abuse. they reveal an unconvincing effort to disguise as legitimate and the decision to dismiss that is based solely on the fact that flynn is a political ally of president trump. congressman jim jordan has been all over the story. congressman, good morning. general flynn's camp has filed a brief of their own and they declared that judge sullivan has in their words no chance to gin up this case on his own, and that they had games over. >> what's rich here is judge gleason using the term abuse of power. are you kidding me? they can drop the case at any time for any reason and now he's sick suddenly changed. abuse of power, january 4th 2017, the fbi is going to drop

the case against general flynn and jim comey tells peter strzok don't tell the talks about the michael flynn case the day after that, january 26, jim comey briefs president-elect trump on the dossier he already knows is false and he knows it's russian disinformation and it's paid for by the clinton campaign. two weeks later, what does comey do? he speaks to agents into the white house to set up and trap general flynn. the abuse of power was -- this is how the left operates, and i think the american people see this for what it is. >> ed: james comey later boasted about doing that at the white house. if you push it forward to may of 2017, we had testimony under oath last week from rod rosenstein his side of may 2017, they knew they had no case of russian collusion and yet here we are three years

later talking about general flynn is still not off the hook. number one. a number two, james comey and others, they haven't been held accountable. here's the attorney general talking to our own bret baier about where this may be headed. >> i have publicly made clear, i think the people that we are looking at are not at that lev level. >> but these are names we will be familiar with? >> some of them. i'm not going to characterize it beyond that. >> so he has to keep the cards close to the best, a lot of people have been watching this and they say we keep hearing there are names out there and people are looking at it, but no one will get to the bottom of it. >> i hear good reports, i have the utmost confidence in the general of the united states and

he has the utmost confidence in the attorney of john durham. i think jim comey is a central figure in all that. then a week later when the special counsel's name to, what is jim comey doing in that time frame? rod rosenstein names bob mueller as special counsel, and puts two more years of this craziness. when we depose him, when we deposed him last congress, he tells us up until the day he is fired, they didn't have anything. and yet this went on for another two and half years, that's how bad it was. >> ed: last question on another important issue in the nation, that testimony from george floyd's brother, you told him look. he didn't die in vain.

what are you expecting from the president today in terms of executive action or in addition to some bipartisan contention? >> we need to do what we can to make sure that the tragedy with george floyd doesn't happen again. frankly, the police officer in oakland that was killed by rioters, that happens in the senate with democrats, to come up with legislation that we think makes sense and is consistent with our federal system. i think that's the attitude that the american people expect us to have and that's the approach that we need to have. when he spoke in florida he talked about feeling, not hatr hatred, justice and not chaos. that should be our mission as we

craft that. >> ed: i also wrote down in your notebook that some of these police officers rushed into the twin towers to help people and it that's important to know about law enforcement as well. >> sandra: thank you, ada. some breaking news here at fox news alert, we are just getting word that general mark milley, chairman of the joint chief, he's addressing graduates of the national defense university as a dressing race and condemning george floyd's death and he went on to say that his decision to be photographed walking across lafayette square last monday with the president was a "mistake. he went on to apologize and said the military must remain apolitical. i will redo a bit from what he just said. as senior leaders everything you do will be closely watched and i am not immune, he said. as many of you said the result of that photograph of me at lafayette square sparked a debate about the role of the

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>> sandra: my next guest is a founder of a nonprofit that partnered with the minneapolis middle school is to feed people in the neighborhood who lost grocery stores due to looting or fires. joining us now is rod williams. rob, good morning and thank you for coming on to tell your story. so many people, and they were

already hard-hit due to the current of our situation and then this happened. how did you step in to help? >> at parent at sanford middle school sent out a message saying we want 85 bags of food to be able to give to the kids to go to our school that are affected by, specifically the unrest near that school. they called us the next day and it, it turns out we received 29,000 bags of food. >> sandra: we are showing the pictures here of our viewers and it showing in a few seconds we have left to tell your story, what was a reception you saw? >> the thankfulness of the families receiving the food, we served about 2,000 families that

day and the thankfulness was just comfortable. really it was people of all backgrounds in our community, and that's what our community should be about. people stepping up is what they have come a time money, and diapers. >> sandra: it's a wonderful story of growth in the community, thanks for being here. >> ed: the chair of the joint chief of staff general milley apologizing for that photo op at the lafayette square and we will get into it at the top of the hour. this is our commencement. no, we'll not get a diploma or a degree of any kind. but we are entering a new chapter in our lives. our confidence is shaken; our hearts cracked.

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>> ed: fox news alert, we are just getting this in. general mark milley, the chair of the joint chiefs of staff addressing graduates of the national defense university out of commencement apologizes for being photographed with the president at that photo op that you see there at lafayette park. as many of you saw, it was a result of this photograph that sparked a national debate about the role of the military and civil society. i should not have been there, and in that environment created a perception of the military as a commissioned uniform officer. it was a mistake that i have learned from and i sincerely hope we can all learn from it.

he talked about people coming together and we will follow this story and we are getting that sound income of just getting a transcript of it and we will get that sound in and play it and just a few moments. in the meantime another fox news alert from capitol hill, the senate judiciary committee set to approve a host of subpoenas for former officials of the obama administration as its investigation into the origins of the russia probe goes on. good mornings sandra. >> sandra: very busy thursday morning. testimony and documents related to the unmasking of the former national security advisor michael flynn and intelligence reports, as well as possible surveillance abuses. and attorney general's bill barr says it's all a matter of following the law. >> we are holding accountable

anyone who crossed the line and committed a criminal violation. chatty, good morning. >> it's raining subpoenas on capitol hill and this is the investigation into the investigation by the senate judiciary committee looking back at fisa abuse. that's what a spark to the russia probe. here's the chair of the judiciary committee, lindsey graham of south carolina. >> they never tried to verify it and they used it all the way through june of 2017. the problem is in january 2017 the russian sub source appeared for three days and said it's a bunch of garbage. so we are going to find out what happened. >> questions about fisa abuse sparked a question about national security advisor michael flynn. the council argued that the fbi

should have never interviewed the client and it is "in the public interest that the misconduct of road rogue public agents cannot provide risk for executions. graham's committee should be focused on police abuse, fisa abuse. >> but for two weeks later mcconnell has refused to respond to my request for the senate to consider a police reform bill before july 4th. the end of the current work. >> it was a contentious meeting last week before the senate judiciary committee and they decided to vote on the subpoenas later this morning. among them subpoenas for fbi director james comey and the former attorney general roy lynch. >> sandra: one of the ex-police officers involved in the death of george floyd has been released on bail. upon his lane and, accused of aiding and abetting the

second-degree murder in the death of floyd back on may 25th. yesterday afternoon, lena left jail after posting a $750,000 bond. in the meantime the minneapolis police department is saying they cannot release the body can footage from floyd's arrest. matt finn is live on that for us in minneapolis this morning. >> i want to briefly show you this is the location where protesters ripped down a christopher columbus statue yesterday at the base of the state capital here. we have a gentleman who is sitting on top of the base now where the statue just started up until yesterday. a group of protesters tore it down themselves even as state police were on site. protesters posted online that plans to pull down the statue saying columbus was responsible for native american and it was time for the statue to go. the states commissioner of public safety urged the protesters. there is a lawful process to remove statues from capitol grounds and the organizer was

born to be criminally charged but said he would do it again. >> i wear the badge of honor, i'm happy we did it and i feel no regrets. >> we also sat down one-on-one with the minneapolis police chief who has made the major announcement that he has pending negotiations with the police union, calling the union "debilitating" when trying to legally fire and officer. however, the union is striking back in a statement saying despite the public narrative the minneapolis police officer federation has always negotiated in good faith. we also asked the police chief about nine city council members insisting they are going to defund or dismantle his department. the chief says he will not abandon his city and wants to ensure the minneapolis city council members are having fact driven conversations. >> every day and night there are people picking up the phone in our city calling 91 because their life safety depends on it. they are hearing shots being

fired outside of their homes. their homes are being broken into. and there's the face of government that is going to respond. so until some of those things change, we are it. >> those officers posted bond yesterday. his attorney argues he is a rookie that is following the lead of derek chauvin. lane is the only former officer out of jail and this morning many apple's police tell that state law indicates body cam footage does not have to be released during an active investigation so that is not being released right now. they expect it will be released before trial. >> sandra: a matt finn live for minneapolis this morning,

thank you. >> the notion that the men who deployed to world war ii or world war i, to korea, all across the world coming to vietnam, the last bit of the united states. many of these men saw were these sports. many saw, and this after the army was signaled it was open to changing those names. gentlemen, good morning. braddock, is this the fight your party wants heading not into just a presidential election but where the sun it is up for grabs? >> it shouldn't be a fight at all. i can see both sides of the

argument, the history of tradition and the tens of thousands of men and women who either went through basic training for deployment, and these 11 or 12 bases around the country. and we can see both sides of the president's biggest decision and i don't think the congress will take him on. if democrats try to politicize it i think they do it at their peril. >> ed: do you do it at your peril, richard? i see not speak of the house nancy pelosi is saying any statue that honors the confederacy in the capital can now be taken out. i understand the argument on the other hand as brad just suggested, what's the point of erasing her history question >> it's not about erasing our history, i think we should commemorate our history.

i think in this moment we should take a page out of our allies history book. what the german state after world war ii was this. they made up being a illegal. there is no hitler high school, they understand the pain that adolph hitler has on those people. slavery ensued on america. we really want to be a nation, where we look at all people and see all people equally and we have to understand that the civil war ensues pain for millions of americans who were one fifth of a person during that particular time. this is american work, to how we ensure that america is a fair, just and equitable country for every american especially for our troops, our troops of color who are at these bases today. that was a civil war general who did not see the same troops as

humans just a couple hundred years ago. >> ed: i mentioned that this will be something, not like it's going to come up, and we are talking about a whole other issue. and then he went on to say this. >> yes i have. we had four chiefs of staff and you have so many, we have so many rank and file saying we are not a military state, this is who we are. i'm convinced they will escort him from the white house with great dispatch. >> ed: has a first part of that sound bite he's talking about, they said they are frustrated with some things that have happened in the case of someone who is active, is general milley. and he is saying that he should have never been part of the

presidents photo op. >> it isn't a problem, but the fact that general milley walked over there as chairman of the joint chief, this wasn't a trump 2020 event, this was an official event at the presidents church, ever since medicine worship there. that was torched. the general should have stood there for what the military stands for and that is including the most important, freedom of worship. now with regard to biden, biden comes out of his bunker, and he appears on a comedy show, the daily show. he tries to talk serious policy on a comedy show, that's comedic right there. nothing joe biden does or says can be taken with any credibility. because he either campaigning or

he's throwing barbs of the president from the safety of his bunker. this is not a credible candidate. >> ed: what about on the last part, the military will have to come in and i seem to remember the last presidential debate and yet she loses and didn't really accept it. she said it was russia, it was this or it was that. does your party have any credibility on this issue? >> i believe in the transfer of power, but let me be very clear. and more importantly, what the first of them and talked about be on the right to worship with the right to protest. i think what the joint chief of staff is saying, we haven't gotten a sound yet but what he saying in that transcript is this. the right to protest was

infringed upon, these individuals are peacefully protesting. and -- i'm sorry, there is of it. they were pushed back brutally, pushed back brutally by national park service police. still the president could engage in a photo op of him loading up a bible. let's be clear, even to the point with the church. the head of that nondenomination condemned to the act. nobody thinks this was a good move. but the nomination -- >> but brad - -- >> but that's fair. >> ed: i gave you a chance to make your final point so, final point braddock? >> the presidents do photo ops, you know that. where is the condemnation for the photo op which was taken in the rotunda where the leaders were wearing african garb and

taking a knee? that was a photo op. there was no pushback from democrats for that. presidents get the message across. not to burn and dilute places of worship. >> ed: braddock? final thought. >> i didn't see that on cnn or msnbc. and richard was watching fox as well, gentlemen, thanks for being here. >> thank you. >> sandra: fox news alert as the debate was just heating up over worded that we are getting that general mark milley, is

addressing graduates. he is condemning the george floyd death, talking about racism in the military. he goes on to say, across lafayette square, and he goes on to apologize that ends as of the military must remain apolitical. he says "i should not have been there. my presence in that moment created a perception of the military involved in domestic politics. as a commissioned officer it was a mistake that i have learned from and i sincerely hope that we all can learn from it. we are getting some word from the white house that perhaps this was not known to the president that he would be making these remarks, although we do not know that for sure. so we await to hear from any sort of response from the white house. we will stay on the story and we will be right back. attention veterans with va loans.

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>> ed: okay, back to breaking news, general mark milley the chair of the joint chiefs addressing graduates of the national defense university, their commencement. they are saying he is apologizing for being photographed, they brought too much attention to the military and that the military should stay apolitical and it looked political in the middle of an election year. the broader context here is an remarks that we are getting outlook out now, he adds "we are still struggling with racism and we have much work to do. general milley adding, when he gets to the key section, we will jump in there. it's interesting because he says the vast majority of protests

have been peaceful. peaceful protests mean an american freedom is working. >> sandra: a very interesting comments all around coming from the joint chiefs. and of course the news that we are reporting now, and that's walking across lafayette square with the president last monday was a mistake. we will have those for our audience, and during all of this when we learned that these would be his comments to the graduates there, we have been watching for the president or any white house reaction. john roberts has reached out and we have not gotten a white house comment since we learned that he said that this was a mistake. and we are watching the president's twitter feed as well so we will have that for our viewers as soon as we see something. >> ed: absolutely, we will stay on top of it. >> sandra: meanwhile with the

number of coronavirus cases in the u.s. now surpassing 2 million, some are wondering if the country's reopening too fast with others fearing for nationwide protests could hasten a second wave of the virus. joining us now is new york city physician, radiologist and fox news contributor dr. nicole saphier. thank you so much for being here. everybody is starting to feel a little bit more relaxed, and at the same time we all have to be safe. we are starting to hear about some of these hot spots in arizona, florida and other places, are we reopening too quickly? >> whether or not we are opening too quickly it is up for debate but the truth is we are really keeping an eye on several states across the country which are seen drastic rises and cases. we are talking about raw case count, that could actually be due to increased testing, we have a carpal testing the country.

there are several states throughout the country specifically arizona, utah, the carolinas, texas and arkansas that not only have increased present positive cases but their hospitals are reporting fewer beds and fewer i fewer icu capacities. they have the stay-at-home orders lifted and unfortunately without memorial day celebration, it may be a direct uptick. we did see an uptick in positive cases, and they are still maintaining. what i want to point out is although we are seeing a significant rise in new cases, they are not rising as fast as they were a couple of years ago.

and not necessarily taking social distancing measures seriously. those are younger and healthier people could be bringing home the infection to the more elderly and vulnerable population which is why we have to be very careful. >> sandra: we got a promo, and eight states ahead, the highest number of cases per 1100 population, this is under two weeks alone. and that became big concern. dr. nicole safford, we always appreciate you coming on.

>> ed: fox news alert, general mark milley calling it a mistake and, you could see a videotaped message to the national defense university. >> different races, genders, religions and orientations. our troops demonstrate every day, their ability to thrive as a result. while the military sets an example for civil society, we, too, i have not come far enough. we all need to do better. although the united states military has a higher proportion of african-american serving in its ranks and society at large,

the navy and marine corps have no african-american serving about the two star level and the army has with just one african-american four-star. it's an achievement that is a long overdue. we cannot afford to marginalize large portions of our potential talent pool or alienate certain demographic groups. we need all of the talent that american society can muster. our responsibility as military leaders is to ensure that each and every one of our service members is treated fairly and with dignity, respect, and each of them is given an opportunity to excel. we must come we can, and we will be better. so what can we do? we will collectively take a hard look at what we can recruit.

diverse candidates have equal opportunity to serve in the key positions most likely for future leaders. we must ensure fairness and equity at all key gateway selection boards. we must take advantage of the diversity committees, the councils and the offices, and each of the services to identify best practices and talent management and act on them. mentorship also plays a vital role. a lot of us in the military must engage in meaningful mentoring today. we reached down into the pool of rising stars among our troops from all walks of life and put into action what you have learned in your career. none of us got to where we are by ourselves. take an active interest in the next generation of leaders and the tools they need to succeed, be inclusive and make a commitment to seek out and

surround yourself with those who don't look like you, think like you and come from different backgrounds. specifically reach out to junior officers and members whose background is different than yours and mentor them. it may be uncomfortable at first but you will help them grow into future leaders and they will help you grow to be a better leader yourself. the quality of leadership is readiness. we fight wars as teams and we cannot tolerate anything that divides us. let me conclude with two simple pieces of advice based on 40 years in uniform that you may find useful as many of you will surely going to be flag officers. first, always maintain a keen sense of situation and awareness. everything you do will be closely watched and i am not immune. as many of you saw the result of the photograph in lafayette square last week sparked a national debate about the role

of the military and civil society. i should not have been there. my presence in that moment in that environment created a perception of military involved in domestic politics. as a uniformed officer it was a mistake that i learned from an ice sincerely hope. we as a cloth of our nation come from the people of our nation. we must hold dear the principal in the very essence of our public and this is not easy. maybe the most important thing each and every one of us does every single day. my second piece of advice is very simple. embrace the constitution. keep it close to your heart. it is our northstar. it's our map to a better future. still we are not a perfect

union, believe in the united states. believe in our country, believing our troops and believe in our purpose. a few other nations have been able to change for the greater good and that is because of the rights and values of our constitution. the freedom guaranteed to us and the constitution allow people to demand change just as a peaceful protesters are doing across the country. that's why we serve in the military, and from day one you and i, we all swore an oath support and defend the constitution. all men and women are born free and equal. that is the foundation of our military egos, we are as service members and institution. all of us in uniform are willing to die for that idea and that idea is american. we must also be wanting to live for that idea. freedom of the speech, freedom of the press, freedom to

peaceably assemble, freedom to vote, the freedom to believe as you wish. these are essential freedoms and the cornerstone of our country. americans have spilled their blood to protect them in the past and they continue to be worth fighting for. as you graduate today we are entering an increasingly complex world. to reflect on the past year and what you've learned about the current security environment. >> ed: you've been listening to a general mark milley, a remarkable apology from the nation's top general. he should not made it look like he was part of a political process. it's important to note that it's not unprecedented for the chairman of the joint chiefs to break with the president on a policy or an action.

remember in 1993, and he didn't feel like it was a civil rights issue. nonetheless, it's rare to see this out in the open. >> sandra: he very specifically said that his concern was a perception of military and politics and it was a mistake that i have learned from and that is a word from general milley. >> ed: we will be back with more details in just a moment. all right, let's do it.

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everybody understands this, we have to keep kids safe. but they have to learn. parents and kids are about up to here with remote learning. two-thirds of married parents have children who need to go to school and the parents are working. children have been out of school now for five or six months. so i think there is a growing awareness that kids have to go back to school and the only question is, and the only question is how do we do it safely. that was a little bit more front and center than it was right n now. what are the two were three things we need to pay attention and make sure our children are safe going back to school. >> number one, 6 feet apart,

never to wash her hands, number three masks. those three things are 90% of them. it's easier to do in college where there is a lot more space but that's what the schools were working on. and there will be a smaller classes and more distance. the fact that covid-19 has really hurt old people and as dr. fauci said we can't be cavalier about that. they don't seem to be affected nearly as much. so a school could be among the safest community that we have in the country. plus, test, test, test, lots of testing. >> sandra: senator, what do you believe has been the mental impact on our school aged children as they have been shut down and kept out of school for

so many months, and in most cases isolated from other friends. >> any teacher and parent can tell you the emotional and intellectual impact especially among minority kids. and the single best thing we can do to help minority and low income children is to get them back in school. that's where they learn and that's where they learn to deal with other children and that's where many get one meal, sometimes too. that's the single most important thing we can do. >> ed: senator, obviously our children have also been home watching these protests and hearing about the conversation on race in america. you have a new op-ed in the tennessean where you talk about encouraging victims of racism to share their stories and more white americans to adjust our attitude. we say the late president of the

naacp from memphis that america is a work in progress and with come a long way but we have a long way to go. your thoughts about this moment in america? >> i have two thoughts. one is, a big protest in nashville last week was organized by teenagers, and it was peaceful and a good example of first amendment textbooks citizenship i thought. the second thought is, we have a republican united states senator named tim scott who is african-american and he told our bible study even though he was chairman of the county council. we should think about, what would we think? so i think the laws will help and a change in behavior is what really will help in peaceful

protest by young people who both behave themselves and hear those stories from people like senator tim scott, the more of that the better. >> sandra: fox news alert, nascar is taking new action following the death of george floyd and nationwide protests. but th what the auto racing giat is now doing. we will have that for you come up next ]wqú

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in place for accreditation that we ban charcoals and other things that cause a loss of life, that we have good training. so i think yesterday was a recognition that this time it's different, people are tired of seeing these examples of police brutality and the police misconduct and they expect congress to reform policing in this country and to do our part to make certain it works for everyone and attacked not only the people of this country but also the officers. when you have good policing, it's good for the police officers. i've had people tell me we need to get rid of the bad police officers because it paints a broad brush. america is crying out for chan change. they played a final thought from

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>> sandra: we are watching the dow for you this thursday morning and coming off the recent rally, and fears over a second wave of a coronavirus, but also on also cautious outlook from the federal reser federal reserve, they are talking about a long road to recovery. >> ed: to your point about the fear of potentially a second

wave of coronavirus, the secretary treasury steven mnuchin said the u.s. should not shut the economy down again even if there is a surgeon coronavirus cases. "we can't shut down the economy again and that will get a lot of notice as well. so we are watching all of this throughout the morning. we also have senator tom cotton coming up talking about general milley so we have a lot of news breaking this morning. >> sandra: it is a busy news warning indeed. to your point, tom cotton coming up, the top of a brand-new hour on a very busy news day on this thursday morning. join us at the top of the hour. veteran homeowners. r if you have a va loan, now's the time to call newday usa. their va streamline refi helps you take advantage of some of the lowest mortgage rates we've ever seen. one call to newday can save you $2000 a year. one call can lower your payments by this time next month

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>> ed: fox news alert, president trump calling for seattle come after protesters take over one section of the city including a police precinct. welcome back to "america's newsroom." it >> sandra: the president labeling those demonstrators domestic terrorists and tweeting radical left governor jay ensley and others are being taunted and played at a level that our country has never seen before. take back your sitting now and if you don't do it, i well. this is not a game. the anarchists must be stopped immediately, move fast. here is the assistant police chief on that.

>> we have been hearing from community members that they've been of to barricades set up by protesters with armed individuals running them, and while washington is of the goals carry state there is no legal right for those arms to be used to intimidate community members. if someone feels threatened or intimidated, we ask that they call 91. >> dan springer is live in seattle on the story for us this morning. >> we don't know how politicians plan on dealing with this because when asked yesterday at the news conference, the governor jay ensley said he didn't even know about it. we asked mayor jenny durkin for comment and the protesters have taken over a multiblock area of this capital here area and that they call it that capitol hill autonomous zone with the seattle police department's east precinct right smack that a dab in the middle. the area has become sort of a

protest commune. one of them is labeled a public tent. there are's snack and food stations and one is labeled a no cop co-op. there are security guards at all six entrances and some are armed and have been reportedly forcing businesses to pay up. >> we have heard anecdotally that some business owners are being asked to pay a fee in the area. this is a crime of extortion. >> this all began monday night when the seattle police abandon the police precinct which they have been protecting since a protest began. almost immediately we saw protesters moving barricades from the building to the perimeter so they could slow down police if they returned. while many residents in this part of seattle say they support the protesters, others see it as a breakdown of government. >> we are talking about an entire city government which is handed over a portion of the city to domestic terrorists.

two people who are protesters. there are a whole bunch of different groups here, and bullet group has literally ceded control of that area to these people. >> sandra, the police chief says they do have plans on re-occupying their east precinct at some point, they are not saying when. frankly as i see more and more fortification at the exterior of this zone i don't see how we will get in anytime soon. >> sandra: we will learn more about that in just a moment. dan springer in seattle. >> ed: a fox news alert, the highest ranking member of the military mark milley is speaking out after that photo op in lafayette square. protesters had been moved by federal law enforcement before the president walked over to the square with general milley and others. he's now apologizing for the messages that were sent during a

virtual graduation ceremony where he spoke earlier today. >> i should not have been here. that environment created a perception of the military involved in domestic politics. as a commissioned uniformed officer it was a mistake. >> john, good morning to you. the president was not aware of what his chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and, before those remarks were delivered, there was some thinking though that because millie is a commissioned military officer his comments may play differently than if they came from someone like secretary mark esper. but there's no question, general milley is the president's guide. that was at the army-navy football game some ten months before general milley actually took over the position. so it's likely that this will be

seen as a significant break particularly since the president tweeted just this morning, they took the area around the white house and could hardly believe how easy it was. i walk in the park one side. the protesters, agitators, anarchists and others were handled easily by the guard, d.c. police and secret service. we are still waiting to hear reaction from the president, and it's raining here now, but the weather does look like it's forecasted clear so we may get some chopper talk from the president. no doubt that all of this will hang over that event in dallas. i'm told that in today's roundtable, law enforcement and business owners the president participate in a listening and discussion session. there won't be any policy that's announced today but i am told that executive action and legislation for the senate will become a soon. listen here. >> today we are working on approaching stakeholders and making sure this is the appropriate balance between

assuring that police can do their job and ensuring that there is need to reform on the aftermath of the killing of george floyd. >> the executive action which will come in the form of an executive order will be taken at the department of justice. on the legislation it's possible that there will be some crossover between what house republicans -- sorry, but house democrats are discussing like banning choke holds and independent investigation of police complaints. but the president opposes certain aspects of the democratic bill saying that they go too far. listen again to kayleigh mcenany. >> one thing that ag barr said was in the democrat built they talked about needing to reduce immunity to go after bad cops but that would result in police pulling back on that's one thing that is a nonstarter. >> so that qualified immunity, is that a redline for the president? >> ed: >> going back to where we began, general milley's comments causing quite a stir at the white house and it would be

surprised if we didn't hear something from the white house. >> sandra: you will want to catch harris faulkner's interview with the president by the way, she will be sitting down with president trump in dallas today after his roundtable discussion. be sure to catch the full interview tonight when it airs at 6:00 p.m. eastern time on special report. >> ed: a lot to get to. for more on all this, live a senator tom cotton. you have protesters taking over several city blocks in seattle and protesters may be taking over something in portland. the governor says he doesn't know anything about this and i feel like we are right back to that "new york times" op-ed. how does the president, and we tweeted overnight that he's going to restore law and order, how does he bring law and order

to seattle? >> we have all these far left advocates that have declared autonomous zones, i guess the democratic party has gone back to their roots of accession. obviously no mayor or governor should tolerate the destruction of buildings. this can't be allowed to continue indefinitely. >> we don't know exactly how far the president is willing to go. how do you support the president's efforts to remain calm? >> i expect if you take off the water and electricity and some of those buildings those activists might decide it's time to end the activism and go home. at those kind of nonviolent steps i think would be appropriate. no government can allow an angry

mob to take over its buildings and refuse or prevent people's government from doing the peoples business. >> ed: the other breaking news, talking about general milley and his comments, and the commencement address apologizing for being part of that photo op in lafayette square. john roberts reporting it didn't appear the president got a heads up on this. secretary esper is expressing regret, what is your reaction to all of this, sir? >> general milley as an outstanding officer with a distinguished record and we are all very fortunate to have him. i know by custom and courtesy military officers always wear dress uniforms there. but, he's acting in the finest

traditions of leadership. not just for the reality but perceptions. he thinks that is reflected negatively all the way down to our young troops who are out in lafayette park or on the streets of washington last week and he will take responsible devoid as a military leader. i commend him for that and we all should. >> sandra: good to get your response to that. now i want to play this exchange because you are at odds with senator chuck schumer on how to proceed with police reform. we are waiting on specifics from the white house but first, let's watch this together. >> we demand action and we demand it now, real action, not rhetoric, to reform our police department's. >> calls for justice for george

floyd and all victims of excessive force as well as opposing radical efforts to defend the police. >> sandra: so obviously you are having a pretty fierce exchange here over what can get done and what should get done. but he says you are just rhetoric, not action? >> sondra, that's exactly what you saw on the senate floor. chuck schumer speaking on behalf of joe biden and the rest of the democratic party, they are unwilling to oppose these efforts and defund the police. the resolution i offered very simply called for justice for george floyd and other victims of excessive use of force but it also opposes the radical efforts to defund the police. they cannot identify clause or a word. it's obvious what he was doing, he was barking an effort to put the senate on the record of opposing this radical idea that

we should defund our police because the democrats are scared of their own far left activist base. >> and, one of our nation's most storied newspapers just had its intellectual independence challenged by an angry mob. and they folded like a house of cards. and the paper pleaded guilty, and beg for mercy. >> they are having a little political fund there, and the

first amendment is under assault right now he feels. >> ed, and let's not government, in suppressing speech. it is being threatened, and trying they are the laughingstock and they should be ashamed of themselves. >> and i want finish off asking you any comment on what that may

look like and what direction that may be going? >> my political future right now isn't that reelection campaign in arkansas. and i'm working to help my colleagues get reelected so we can keep republican control of the senate and ultimately, of course, to reelect a donald trump. that's where my focus lies right now. >> if it doesn't work out we could always become an op-ed writer. senator? good to have you won. >> i don't know if they would let me back on the pages of "the new york times." >> sandra: is senator tom cotton, weighing in on the controversy over confederate statutes and what >> nancy pelosi wants to see on capitol hill. plus president trump wanting to resume campaign rallies after seeing his numbers drop in recent polling. but when will joe biden follow suit? dana perino joins us live come next. >> president trump: they've done a great job with covid as

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dana perino is an anchor of "the daily briefing" and cohost of "the five." and how important is it that he gets back to doing those? >> remember the book "let trump b trump?" he's responsible for his campaign, and he wants to call the police. they generate a lot of news sometimes, and that will be

different. but i think at this point, if i think of her four and a half months from the election during the first quarter. let him go out there, and if they have to adjust in case it's not working for them going forward, they can do that. it's >> sandra: interesting. i know that when you watch him at those rallies he feeds off the crowd, and i want to throw off the real clear politics. it's pulling 49.8%, i want to read the headline in the hill. and it democrats would have to be better than ever as joe biden

leads in the polls. fox news and cnn polls aligned with other live interview polls this month with biden ahead. they scored a run in top of the first inning, came over. as we learned in 2016, this game is never over if trump is playing. quite a warning there. >> good polls cannot always give you a false sense of security, and i don't think that democrats are complacent this year. i think biden is pulling over 50% in almost all the polls and hillary clinton never did that. he doesn't have an a lot of enthusiasm behind his candidacy and he might not have the states that he would need. those are national polls that we are showing come as everyone

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>> ed: it's john gleason also calling for president trump's they constitute clear evidence of gross prosecutorial abuse. in flynn's legal team fired back with a statement of their own, gleason is not in the executive

branch and has more authority to gin up his own case or controversy where none exist. the game is over and the best thing is to leave the field. good morning. blends a team says, game over. is it ever going to be over? >> they are prosecutors and the defense is agreeing that there is no case, the case shouldn't be prosecuted and it should be dismissed. and, he's a good man but he has

not reviewed the reports, and he has not spoken to the prosecutor and not spoken to the attorney general. i'm rather disappointed and dismayed at his 82 page file attacking the justice departme department. >> ed: in the meantime, we have some breaking news. newly declassified intel documents on the assessment of the russian election interference in 2016. just obtained by fox news, christopher steele, had only limited corroboration. they have knowingly worked, and it's a very interesting guy. these are part of the documents that were being declassified by the outgoing dni, ric grenell has not been replaced b by a john ratcliffe.

we understand senate republicans like chuck grassley are releasing the documents. how in the world did this get investigated. general flynn is still under investigation and the president under investigation for three years. when the fbi and others new according to these documents the anti-trump dossier? >> to make this entire debacle transparent, what the documents tell me is a couple of things. one, why in the world did we spend two plus years and millions and millions of dollars advancing dense false narrative? that's number one. number two, it continues to bolster my prediction that durham, the prosecutor who is now looking at this mess is going to come in with a hammer.

and those are the fbi and others who are relying on these phony baloney documents and submitting them to a court and claiming they were accurate to support the fisa wires. they will be held at two accounts. >> it's interesting because william barr is back and his attorney general and now is under president trump. here's what he said about john durham. some sensational claims are being made about the president could have affected the administration. they appear to be efforts to sabotage the campaign and that has to be looked at. if people want to say that i'm political because i am looking at those potential abuses of power, so be it. but that's the job of the attorney general. >> ed: as you know i think

about 1200 former justice department officials have come forward and say they think william barr should be investigated if they think this is an abuse of power. what say you? >> it's the same 1200, i know many of them on that list are good people and honest people with integrity but they clearly support the other side. if there are 1200 that think that attorney general barr is not doing his job, there are 12,000 current effects of doj employees who think he is doing his job. but that really goes to the point. the man that i know, bill barr, does not kind of put his finger up in the air and say, which way is the political wind blowing? and let me make a decision accordingly. that man looks at the law, he looks at the facts and he makes a decision even if they are tough on popular decisions, that's a kind of man he is. >> ed: in the 30 seconds we have is that he looks of the

law, looks of the facts and you said john durham is going to hold people accountable. does that mean criminal prosecutions? >> i think you will see a federal indictment, more than one frankly, on the fisa submissions that were false and phony. and i think you will see a conspiracy on how this entire phony conspiracy allegation originated and it was advanced by law enforcement. >> ed: all right, guy lewis, we will watch it. we appreciate your insight this morning. >> sandra: there are now 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases in our nation with more than 112,000 deaths. infections are spiking and several large states now. jeff paul is live in los angel los angeles. >> while initial hot spots like new york have seen a continued drop in cases, places like here in california are starting to see hospitalizations going up.

at the golden state isn't alone. new coronavirus cases are going up, and that gavin newsom have made it clear. they've expected to see an increase in the number of positive cases and part of it has to do with increased testing. and those were hospitalizations on three straight days. we are still hospitalized and, what we do need to do is take this seriously. >> johns hopkins university predicted 100,000 more deaths linked to the virus, and that continues to cause havoc around

the globe. the economic group is going through the deepest recession since the 1930s. now despite those increased numbers of places like here in california, the reopening efforts continue tomorrow in places like gyms and state parks which begin reopening as more states begin continuing to phase through those reopening stages. >> looking at the dow, it's down 1100 points right now, growing concerns over a second wave of the coronavirus. jeff paul, thank you. >> ed: joe biden addressing race reform, and we are talking to donna brazile about all of that after the break.

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>> the band-aid has been ripped off. it's been ripped off. if we let the scab over again without dealing with the underlying problem, we are in real trouble. i don't believe the country is going to allow that to happen. >> sandra: joe biden calling for racial justice and police reformed, and here we have donna brazile. great of you to be here. i shouldn't say he is now facing those questions, he has been facing those top questions. what are you seeing? >> let's be honest, the crime bill of 1994 was a very, very bad bill and here is white. there were a lot of sweeteners

that members of the black clergy wanted to see in the bill, and it was also a draconian field. and i think it's important that all the politicians and only by acknowledging the mistake can we improve upon things in the future. >> sandra: here is joe biden answering that question in his own words. let's watch together. >> so we should be skeptical, with the idea that we should be told all along, and there is no polling evidence to sustain th

that. >> as far as what he is planning to do to reform the police to break down on racism in the country. judge me on what i say i'm going to do, but is it fair to judge him on what he has done, since he has entered the senate in 1993 in his term as vice president. >> someone i have known the last 30 years of working out in the trenches, here's the issue as well as the republicans need to understand. a lot of those young people risk their lives, risked their lives to god and protest in the will of a pandemic. they want transformational change. they don't want lip service, this is a life and death issue for them. so therefore they are going to demand changes be made, not just at the top but also at the

bottom. the governments are on those, everyone is on notice. we need a change in how we feel, and if we are going to have that conversation. yes, some people will be defensive but at the end of the day we need to have this moment so that we can get past it. unless we do that, we are going to continue to look back and not be able to look ahead. >> sandra: i just had a really interesting conversation with our shared colleague dana perino about president trump, an an en, in this case is not a good dive.

>> it is going to be a representative of president trump. at the same time this is an opportunity of joe biden. we went down to houston then met with families, he's not hiding in his basement but he -- joe biden is faced in the difficult realities and we know we are going to have to convince a new generation of voters and they are the majority of the voters now. he will have to convince them that electoral policies, and that's the pivotal moment that we have been looking for. and we will start focus on each community, i think we are going to come out of this stronger and even better.

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>> sandra: at the coronavirus pandemic taking a toll on starbucks. at the coffee giant will be closing 400 u.s. stores over the next 18 months, and up to 200 stores in canada could shut down over the next two years. the company saying it expects to lose over $3 billion in revenue over the third quarter alone. it is some good news however. starbucks will be opening

hundreds of pick up and go locations. that will be more convenient for its customers. >> i'm told that now we are at the point of approaching various stakeholders. this is an appropriate piece of policy prescriptions, and we are able to make sure that we do their job and they also have the appropriate amount of reform. >> ed: the white house press secretary kayleigh mcenany right here. the president will be talking about police brutality that still going on across mexico. author of the book police brutality matters, and he joins us now. it's great to have you. good morning. >> good morning sir, thank you for having. >> ed: how do we reform police officers and police forces across the country will still respecting the rights to keep us

all safe and respecting the good offices. >> for a long time the community has seen excessive force with police officers. i was excessively aggressive and policed. so i joined with the mind-set of joininchanging that narrative. what i realized is you have a tremendous amount of good cops but what law enforcement hasn't figured out the means to address the bad apples. the bad apples need to be policed under legislation, they need to be bills passed and they need to be enforced. the police department has been set of protect us, policed them. over and over again, we see time and time again, i won't say the officer's name who was an animal that killed george, but officer sal lamoni, they have a history

of bad policing. these guys should have been gone a long time ago. police management cannot be held accountable for removing bad apples. it makes everybody unhappy and unsafe. good officers and no bad apples. be one of those people should have been murdered, he ran through a list that is horrifying to hear again and again that we need to hear it because we need to make sure that we do everything we can to make sure it doesn't happen again. you use the word a moment ago, an animal when it referred to the police officer. the nypd spoke out very aggressively a couple days ago and said he's tired of officers being treated like animals and being called animals because most of them are good. so be specific. let's try to meet the conversation positive moving forward in terms of what we need to do. he said we need to root out the bad apples, is it having a national registry list as some have talked about in order to figure out who are the bad

apples and make sure they don't move to another city and become a cop somewhere else? is it about training? give us a couple of the specifics. >> it simply not about the training because the officer's as i just explained to you, their action wasn't consistent with training. it's very easy to identify bad apples. the taxpayers have paid out over a billion dollars in bad policing and with these officers have in common is violations of policy, violations of procedur procedures. violations of the use of force continuum policy. when we and start talking about how to fix this, we need to hold police accountable, management needs to b and forth and remove bad apples. you have to understand something. i see things differently because i come from a neighborhood that

is most affected. i did a lot of crime fighting and what i don't want to see happen is that we are so emotional, we are throwing measures that handcuff good officers from doing good jobs. it's very easy to identify bad policing, and we look at the actions and see if it's consistent with policy, procedures and trainings. they are not negligent. they are following policies and procedures. and, there has been the question, unions have protected bad apples and some democrats in some cases has been will be back

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>> former national security advisor john bolton moving forward with a new book despite a white house warning that it contains classified material. the washingto"the washington pog his lawyer says he has complied with national security requirements and he still plans to release the book "the room where it happen" later this month. that's it for us.

>> ed: we are going to watch our fox news interview this afternoon, may be about to unveil some new proposals, we will be on that all day tomorrow as well. >> sandra: of course, we will be watching that. great to be with you, that does it for us. we will see you back here tomorrow morning. "outnumbered" starts right now. >> melissa: a fox news alert, we are awaiting possible remarks on president trump as he leaves the white house shortly for dallas, this is going to be a high-stakes roundtable happening in dallas later today. the trip comes amid his growing showdown with officials in washington state. protesters storming seattle city hall yesterday at demanding that jenny durkin resign. if she refuses to refund the police department there. protesters also continuing to camp out in what they have declared a police-free autonomous zone downtown.